San Francisco, Calif., September 25, 2012 — Grass Valley® announced today that, a newly designed and significantly improved T2™ family of intelligent digital disk recorders (iDDRs) that are ideally suited for live event production, post production, and video-on-demand applications. With increased format support and faster signal processing, the new T2 iDDRs streamline manual processes and automate key capabilities to significantly improve a wide variety of file-based workflows.

The new T2 range, consisting of the T2 Express, T2 Pro, and T2 Elite models all include faster signal processing, generous storage capacity, and secure 2.5-inch HDD or SSD storage drives that allow users to work faster and smarter, while supporting more native file formats and compression codecs, including those from Grass Valley and a variety of third-parties.

Both the T2 Express and Pro models provide up to 1 TB (or 14 hours) of full 1080i HD content storage, with even more storage for 720p HD and 480i SD formats. The T2 Elite model provides up to 600 GB (or 8 hours) of full 1080i HD content storage using SSD.

Live Events: T2 is perfectly suited for live event production where content must be available for playback to large-screen projectors or scoreboards. Applications include sporting events, trade shows, product launches, concerts, and seminar presentations.

Live Production: T2 can serve as an entry-level video server in smaller-budget production facilities, such as colleges and community access stations.

Post Production: T2 can aid in editing as a near online source for content to be used in post production. It can also store finished programs for playback at live events or in kiosks.

Video-on-Demand: T2 can be used to loop playlists for hours of uninterrupted and unattended playback. Applications include stand-alone kiosks, trade show displays, museums and art galleries, and theme parks. Remote control (via RS422 or GPIO) allows T2 to react to external inputs. In addition, synchronized 2-channel playback supports delivery of 3D content or presentations that span multiple displays.

"T2 has earned a place of prominence in many live event and corporate presentations, where frame accurate timing and very high resolution playback are critical to success," said Charlie Dunn, Executive Vice President of Products at Grass Valley. "The new T2s offer just the right amount of features and capability to fit any production and post needs. The team has really worked hard to bring this exciting new series of revolutionary products to market in the form factor our users have asked for."

Pricing and Availability The new T2 iDDR models are currently available. Pricing depends upon model order and ranges from $12,980 - $18,980.

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For more than 50 years, the Grass Valley name has been synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. Our full range of solutions and services is unmatched in the industry, leveraging the economies of scale of the IT industry with our proprietary core knowledge of media processing and storage. Grass Valley customers include most of the world's leading broadcasters, teleproduction facilities, and service providers, as well as independent video professionals who rely on our products to cover the world's most high-profile live events, as well as to benefit from efficiencies in day-to-day operations. When you're watching news, sports, or entertainment programming—whether on a TV, the web, or a mobile device—you're watching Grass Valley at work in today's connected world.